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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Holles
On 9th March 1607 Gervase Holles was born to Frescheville Holles of Grimsby. He was baptised on 13th March 1607 at Grimsby.
On 10th May 1630 [his father] Frescheville Holles of Grimsby died.
In 1636 Gervase Holles (age 28) was elected Mayor of Grimsby.
In 1638 Gervase Holles (age 30) was elected Mayor of Grimsby.
In April 1640 Gervase Holles (age 33) was elected MP Grimsby in the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Gervase Holles (age 33) was elected MP Grimsby in the Long Parliament.
Before 8th June 1642 Gervase Holles (age 35) and Elizabeth Molesworth were married.
On 8th June 1642 [his son] Freschville Holles was born to Gervase Holles (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Molesworth.
In 1661 Gervase Holles (age 53) was elected MP Grimsby which seat he held until his death in 1675.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th September 1667. After dinner comes [his son] Sir Fr. Hollis (age 25) to me about business; and I with him by coach to the Temple [Map], and there I 'light; all the way he telling me romantic lies of himself and his family, how they have been Parliamentmen for Grimsby, he and his forefathers, this 140 years; and his father (age 60) is now: and himself, at this day, stands for to be, with his father, by the death of his fellow-burgess; and that he believes it will cost him as much as it did his predecessor, which was £300 in ale, and £52 in buttered ale; which I believe is one of his devilish lies.
On 28th May 1672 [his son] Freschville Holles (age 29) died at the Battle of Solebay at which he was in command of the Cambridge. He was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map] in an unmarked grave.
On 10th February 1675 Gervase Holles (age 67) died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holles
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Scopham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scopham
GrandFather: Gervase Holles
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Denzell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Denzell
Father: Frescheville Holles of Grimsby